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Puma Prowl is painted in acrylic on a 20 x 30 gallery wrap canvas from the artist's own reference photo. I originally filed the photo because of the eye level of the photo. Then I came across it sometime later and though--this is interesting. Original thought was to place him in a red rock canyon backdrop. That changed swiftly to a snow scene where he makes more of a dramatic appearance. There is some palette knife texture on the rocks and snow.

Born in Missouri and living throughout the US, Mary McCullah has worked closely with zoos and nature preserves giving conservation related programs and doing hands-on work with animals including gray wolves and birds of prey. These experiences have provided valuable inspiration for her art work. The award winning artist paints primarily in acrylic and watercolor concentrating mostly on nature and wildlife as subject matter. Mary is attracted by the fluid movement of watercolor and the versatility of acrylic. She works from her own reference photographs, often combining several photos. Mary and her husband retired to North Augusta, SC in 2006. At that time the artist was still traveling throughout the country teaching seminars and...